MegaFon increased mobile Internet speed in the first half of 2020

The international company Ookla has summed up the results of an independent study of the quality of mobile Internet provided by telecom operators in Russia. MegaFon has been recognized as the leader in terms of mobile Internet speed for the fourth year in a row.

The Ookla® study is based on Internet speed measurements conducted by subscribers in the Speedtest® application on their mobile devices throughout Russia. This testing format allows you to determine the speed in any location and get the most complete and objective data. For the rankings , Ookla analyzed over 2.9 million measurements across all carrier networks from January to June. 2020

In Russia as a whole, the average download speed in the MegaFon network was 32.79 Mbps, the download speed was 13.22 Mbps, and the ping value was 46 ms.

In Moscow, the average download speed was 48.50 Mbps, in St. Petersburg - 29.87 Mbps, Yekaterinburg - 29.29 Mbps, Novosibirsk - 42.95 Mbps, Samara - 27.52 Mbps With.

MegaFon has maintained its leadership in the Ookla rating since 2017. The number of subscribers who use data transmission services is constantly growing, the company is actively developing networks and offering new services to provide maximum opportunities for digital subscribers.

“We are especially pleased to receive this award this year, when the pandemic forced operators to respond quickly in order to maintain the highest quality of service. The sharply increased load on the network as a result of the transition of subscribers to remote work required us to make significant investments in infrastructure development. The company's specialists analyzed the redistribution of the load online, pointwise introduced base stations in places of uncharacteristic values. Our network has developed much faster than we planned, in the first half of the year almost 80% of the annual plan was implemented. We are glad that we did it, and our subscribers can still count on us and enjoy the fastest internet in Russia,” said Gevork Vermishyan, CEO of MegaFon.

In the first half of the year, the growth rate of base station construction increased significantly compared to 2019, especially in the 4G/LTE segment. From January to July, 7.8 thousand base stations were built in the LTE and LTE Advanced standards.

A significant increase in the speed and capacity of the LTE and LTE Advanced networks was provided by the refarming of frequencies in the 1800 MHz band, previously used for the 2G standard. In addition, MegaFon began using 4×4 MIMO technology in large cities where there is a high concentration of subscribers, which made it possible to additionally speed up 4G mobile Internet by 15%.

The results of the study of the quality of mobile Internet of operators for the first half of 2020 can be viewed on the website . Ookla